Diary

Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):



TURKEY



ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson separately.



ANKARA - Cavusoglu and Johnson to hold joint press conference.



ANKARA - Yildirim to attend an economy-related coordination meeting at the Cankaya Palace.



AZERBAIJAN



BAKU – Turkish Culture Minister Nabi Avci to attend Multicultural Society and Tourism Conference and separately also meet his Azerbaijani counterpart Ebulfes Garayev.



BAKU - Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik to attend International Defense Industry Exhibition and also separately meet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his counterpart Zakir Hasanov .



SWITZERLAND



GENEVA - Anadolu Agency to exhibit a collection of photographs from the July 15 defeated coup in Turkey during the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.



GENEVA - A press conference entitled ​"Turkey, where democracy is stronger than the coup"​ will be held before Anadolu Agency's July 15 exhibition.



GENEVA - The World Economic Forum's annual global competitiveness report 2016-2017 to be launched.



FRANCE



PARIS - French president to host acting Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj for talks.​



GERMANY



BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak for talks on bilateral relations.



BERLIN - Interior minister meets representatives of Muslim organizations in Germany on the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the German Islam Conference.



UNITED STATES



WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, FBI Director James Comey and National Counterterrorism Center Director Nicholas Rasmussen to testify before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.



SOUTH KOREA



SEOUL – Seoul praises tough U.S. action against Chinese firm accused of backing sanction-hit North Korea, Pyongyang threatens U.S. with nukes.



INDONESIA



JAKARTA – Four Indonesians released by militants in south Philippines repatriated, army chief suspects an Indonesian may have become spy for Abu Sayyaf group due to series of boat hijackings.



MYANMAR



YANGON – Parliament approves proposal to take punitive action against some human rights commission members for apparent failure to protect rights of two teenage maids who reported torture and abuse by employers. -